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non-denominational holidays

December 25, 2006 at 8:32 pm · Filed under random

Most years, I’ll send out a box or two of cards to friends and family around the middle of December, and when I buy them, I always make sure to get ones that say “happy holidays!” instead of “merry christmas”.

It’s weird because I inevitably always use “Christmas” when I talk about winter break, as in “Hey, when are you leaving for Christmas break?” or “Are you going home for Christmas this year?” So why the insistence on the holiday cards? The funnier thing is that I’ll still say “oh, I haven’t mailed out my Christmas cards this year.”

It seems a bit silly that after all of that, I still insist that the actual cards themselves are non-denominational because really, I don’t actually celebrate Christmas.

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Keltheyounger wrote @ December 26th, 2006 at 2:55 am

Yeah, I don’t celebrate Christmas either. When I have children of my own some day, it will be a big deal again. But for me, it’s just another date on the calendar.

I had a dream about you last night, by the way. Now, I know what you’re thinkin’. Don’t worry - the most sinful thing we did was eat ice cream together. And don’t get all Freudian on me!! I’m pretty sure we just “ate ice cream.” What’s that quote…sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Haha. :-) I was visiting you, we went around and met some of your friends, we walked past a pool a few times for some reason, and then we had ice cream. So, yeah, I hope you enjoyed the ice cream. :-)

Happy [insert favorite holiday] Shan!

Pandax wrote @ January 3rd, 2007 at 3:54 am

I think it’s especially true for those of us who’s parents were not born in the states. It’s a weird state to balance what’s in mainstream American culture with what’s traditional to our parents.

I too try to buy general cards. Sometimes they make it really hard because even when the card reads “Happy Holidays” they inevitably used a lighted tree or some other object that refers to Xmas. I bought my cards for next year - Snoopy and several Woodstocks skating. Come to think of it, darn, Snoopy’s wearing a Santa hat!